Dad's 10 Rules for Family Christmas

I’m a 47-year-old American Christian male with two kids in “the sweet spot,” a lovely wife, and a major crush on Christmas. So I don’t know much anymore, but I do know what’s awesome about this holiday, and what regulations I’ve placed on myself and my family to ensure we, like the reborn Scrooge, know how to keep Christmas. In no particular order, here are my 10 Christmas Rules:

testimonials

To Tom,

I received the dvds in the mail very fast!
My family & I have watched the first few episodes and I would like to tell you how much we're all enjoying them! They're fantastic! I've seen a lot of different Bible Stories for children on dvd but never as well detailed and closely described exact to the Bible as yours. I think your company is doing a fabulous job and we're looking forward to your next episodes.

Just wondering when you will be bringing out the next book (or books?) of the Bible? I've been watching your site for some time now and am curious as to how long it'll be before you produce the whole Bible as intended. I only wonder because I'm intending on purchasing them all for my children if possible ~ because as I said earlier, your dvds are definitely the best ever.

I have gotten the noahs ark dvd last week. I really like it. I have a 15 month son,5 and 7 year old girls. My son can't get enough of it!He loves it. Most of the day he will point at the tape for me to play it. My girls like it to but I believe my son loves it the most. I can't wait to get the whole series. Keep up the good work and may God bless the team.

We love the Animated Kids’ Bible. We have built a Kid’s Worship program around your DVDs and it is working great. The children remember what they have seen and heard, and they ask great questions about the Bible characters and about God. We have paired your series with some Bible games to reinforce what the children have learned.

Several parents have told me that their children can’t wait to get to church and don’t want to be late in case they miss Kid’s Worship.

We are very pleased with the simplicity of the stories so that we can use them with a wide age range of children. It has also been a pleasure to see how the children react to the truth. Sometimes Sunday School materials avoid the hard truth lessons like the destruction of Sodom. We think children need to know the truth that God loves us beyond our comprehension but that He must also have consequences for our disobedience.

We have planned this year’s lessons using the first six DVDs. Will the next series be out soon? We hope so!

Message: Our Children's Ministry has been watching the Animated Kids Bible DVD's once a month as a "treat" for the kids. THEY LOVE THEM! I have been searching and searching for something they will equally love as a lesson. By next month they will finish the last DVD of the series I intend on taking them thru all the Bible Lessons you have developed. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!

In our 4th-5th grade program we have been using the Animated Kids Bible with really great success. The kids are really captivated by the animated Bible story. We held a class party as a special day and I actually had kids asking me to see the video instead of the games and activities we had planned! The Fact File challenges the minds and then lets them try to work through this new information in the Review and Rewind section. The discussion Questions then help to apply the lesson in our small groups. The program as a whole has been met with really good reviews by parents, teachers, and kids alike.
Mark Christensen
4th-5th Grade Coordinator
First Baptist, Eugene, Oregon